Storage-receptacle for ice-cream.



No. 688,2!0. Patented Dec. 3, l90l.

L. TUFTS & W. HELMER. STORAGE BEBEPTAOLE FDR ICE CREAM;

(Application filed July 3, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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L.'TUFTS &. W. HELMER. STORAGE BEGEPTACLE FOB ICE EREAM.

(Application filed July 3, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

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LEONARD TUFTS, OF MEDFORD, AND l/VILLIAM HELMER, OF BOSTON, MAS-SACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN SODA FOUNTAIN COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY,NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

STORAGE-RECEPTACLE F'OR ICE-CREAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter s Patent to. 688,210, datedDecember 3, 1901.

Application filed July 3, 1901. Serial No. 67,062. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LEONARD TUFTS, of Medford, in the county Middlesex,and WIL- LIAM HELMER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State ofl\lassachusetts,citizens of the United States, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Storage-Receptacles for Ice-Cream, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention has for its object to improve the construction ofstorage-receptacles for ice-cream used at soda-water counters andelsewhere in order to afford more convenient access to the ice-cream andenable the dispenser to more readily reach it for serving.

Further objects of our invention are to protect the ice-cream moreeffectually from the action of the external warm air, to economize spaceoccupied by the receptacle, and to facilitate cleaning.

To these ends our invention consists in an ice-cream receptacle pivotedwithin a suitable support in such manner that it can be tilted into anoblique position, combined with means for retaining it in place when sotilted, as hereinafter fully described and our invention also consistsin certain novel features of construction and combinations of parthereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of anice-cream receptacle constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig.2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section ofthe same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the said drawings, A represents an outer supporting casing or cabinethaving an open front and within which is placed the icecream-storagereceptacle 13, consisting of a box preferably provided with a suitablesheetmetal lining a and adapted to contain the ice and salt,which arepacked around a perforated sheet-metal cylinder 0, which rests on thebottom of the box B and is held centrally within the same by means ofradial arms I), extending out from said cylinder into contact with theinner walls of the box 13. Within the cylinder 0 is placed theenamelediron jar D for containing the ice-cream, said jar having a cover0. The open front of the cabinet A is closed by a door G, which issecured to the front side of the receptacle B and extends beyond theedges of the same, so as to overlap the edges of the front opening ofthe cabinet to form a tight joint, and thereby exclude the warm outerair. At the bottom of the box B and extending through the door Gr is apipe e for drawing oif the ice-water, the outer end of said pipe beingclosed by a screw-cap f.

The box B is removably pivoted at its lower front edge, which isprovided with a casting E, having trunnions or gudgeons ol, fitting intoopen sockets in a plate It, secured to the bottom of the cabinet-front,whereby the box may be swung or tilted outward at an angle from thecabinet into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in whichposition it is retained by the contact of the edge 10 of the box B withthe edge 12 of the upper front portion of the cabinet, which thus formsa stop for limiting the outward movement of the box 13, which in thisinclined position affords easy access to the ice-cream jar and enablesthe dispenser to conveniently reach it for serving, while it alsofacilitates the operation of cleaning and also the removal of the jar Dand perforated cylinder 0. The door G is provided with a pull or handle70, by means of which the box B and contents may be tilted outward onits pivots, and the socketplate h is so formed as to permit the pivotsor trunnions d to be lifted out therefrom when the box B is partly swungoutward, in which position it may be removed from the cabinet forcleaning. The top of the box Bis beveled or inclined downward from frontto rear and is closed by a cover H, the front edge of which is hinged atm to the inner side of the upper front portion of the cabinet, as shownin Fig. 2, while the rear upper edge of the box is pro vided withantifriction-rollers n, which run in contact with the under surface ofthe cover H to lessen the friction between said cover 5 1. An ice-creamreceptacle comprising an outer casing or cabinet, an outwardly-swingingstorage-receptacle provided at its bottom with a drainage outlet andpivotally connected at its lower front edge with the cabinet andprovided with a handle, a stop for limiting the outward movement of saidswinging receptacle, a cover hinged at its front edge to the front ofthe cabinet and resting on the top of the swinging receptacle, a metalcylinder provided with perforations and having radial arms extendingoutwardly into contact with the interior walls of the swingingstorage-receptacle, and an ice-cream jar fitting within said metalcylinder, substantially as described.

2. An ice-cream receptacle comprising an outer casing or cabinet, anoutwardly-swinging storage-receptacle provided at its bottom with adrainage-outlet and pivotally connected at its lower front edge with thecabinet and having a door secured to its front side for closing the openfrontof said cabinet, said door being provided with a handle, a stop'forlimiting the outward movement of said swinging receptacle, a metalcylinder provided with perforations and having radial arms extendingoutwardly into contact with the interior walls of the swingingstorage-receptacle, and an ice-cream jar fitting within said metalcylinder, substantially as described.

lVitness our hands this 28th day of June, A. D. 1901.

LEONARD TUFTS. WILLIAM HELMER. In presence of- GEORGE A. SWEETsnR, JOHNMAOKSEY.

